Boris Godunov " review
Swan, Stratford-on-AvonAny production of Pushkin's 1825 play is haunted by gigantic shadows. First there are the Shakespearean tragedies and histories, especially Macbeth and Richard III, which Pushkin himself invokes. Then there is Mussorgsky's monumental opera. But, even if it can no more escape the ghosts of the past than Boris himself, Michael Boyd's production of the late Adrian Mitchell's adaptation strikes a b…